Yeedee Thaenrat is living the American Dream.
In 2003, he and his siblings were separated from their parents while fleeing their native Liberia during one of the bloodiest wars the nation has ever seen. In 2019, he's a senior at Towson University and the starting running back for the football team. But more importantly, the scholarship earned by playing football will provide him the opportunity to become the first in his family to graduate from college.
Through all of his accomplishments in life, sport and academia, the 21-year-old criminal justice major remains grounded by remembering his struggles early in life and school, specifically the time he spent as a student in English as a Second Language programming.
